Tag: Deshaun Watson

The Texans’ quarterback is running again after tearing his ACL during practice in November. He posted a video on Twitter showing his work on the treadmill as he makes his way back from the injury.

Watson was on track to be the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year until he suffered the season-ending injury. He threw for 1,699 yards and 19 touchdowns in seven games (six starts) and rushed for 269 yards and two touchdowns.

Today, Pederson is the toast of the coaching profession.

There was Roseman’s ultra-aggressive trade in the 2016 draft to move up and select franchise quarterback Carson Wentz at the expense of several high picks. The team then turned the keys over to Wentz after Roseman traded starting QB Sam Bradford to Minnesota one week before opening day in 2016 for a first-round pick (Derek Barnett). That paid dividends as Barnett made two huge plays this postseason: a strip-sack of Case Keenum early in the NFC championship game, and his recovery of Tom Brady’s fourth-quarter fumble, the biggest defensive play of the Super Bowl.

Wilkerson, 35, was Chicago’s assistant offensive line coach the past three seasons. A standout at LSU, Wilkerson spent four seasons in the NFL as an offensive lineman with the Bengals (2005 to 2006) and Falcons (2007 to 2008).

This is not to diminish Chris Ballard, the blunt, combative general manager who planted his feet on behalf of an embarrassed-but-salty organization Wednesday. Or to diminish Jim Irsay or anyone else in a position of power, and how they’re reeling from Josh McDaniels’ 180-degree turn.

But the Colts are all about Luck. They have been for six years, and they will be as long as he wears their uniform … even when, like last season, he isn’t wearing the uniform. Itnever be repeated enough, no matter how painful it is for the Colts faithful to hear: The franchise is in the midst of wasting Luck’s prime.

And now, Indianapolis can’t waste another second getting itself on track again to take advantage of what it has, how much it has left of Luck and how much it has invested in him.

“He has a ton of experience,” Belichick said. “He does a great job of making adjustments at the line of scrimmage, whether it’s changing protections or he sees a certain coverage, he can get into a play that can attack that coverage. He’s had a number of checks like that … and it ends up being a big play. Being able to disguise our coverages, not telling him what we’re in, that’s really suicide [if you don’t] because he’ll chew that up.”

Belichick added: “I have a lot of respect for him. He’s a big, strong guy, too. A lot of people can be hanging on him, draped all over him, and he’s still strong enough to stand in there and throw the ball, and throw it accurately.”

“They more and more are getting satisfied by the alternatives of highlights and scores that are available during the game,” Lazarus said. “That continues to train young viewers to follow our sports, not watch our sports. That is concerning for all sports television.”

Ratings are still down despite the small rise seen in Week 7. NBC Sports is off 21 percent from 2015, CBS Sports is down 14 percent compared to 2015, and ESPN’s Monday Night Football has sunk 17 percent over 2015.

Still, despite the NFL’s ratings pain, sports is still a TV leader compared to episodic series TV and sitcoms.

This will be a major challenge for rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson Jersey and the Texans. He’s been really good, but playing the Seahawks on the road is a challenge even for veteran passers. The Seahawks seem to be getting it right. They handle Watson and the Texans.

The Redskins are playing on a short week, but the Cowboys are playing consecutive road games. Dallas Cowboys looked like the Dallas we expected to see against the 49ers. The Redskins have offensive line injury issues. The Cowboys will get after Kirk Cousins. Dallas wins it.